Small Business Consulting for the Self-Employed
Who are those people who attend your mastermind group, Q+A session, or class but never talk? Why do people on Facebook and LinkedIn never respond? And how do you get them talking? Back in the mid-90s when I first went online via CompuServe (remember those days??), we noticed that for every 10 people looking at the message forum, one person was …
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18 Step Checklist with Downloadable PDF How do you grow your small business consulting practice? What skills do you need? Here are the 18 steps to becoming a small business consultant. Whether you call yourself a consultant, coach, advisor or mentor, these steps will help you develop skill sets and grow your business. I've been a small …
Do you ever have that disturbing feeling that trying to squeeze one more piece of new information in your brain will render you senseless? Information overload causes stress and a loss of productivity. We're so busy gathering information that we never get into action around implementing all these great ideas. And we can't seem to put our fingers …
Time-management pundits are always harping on how we waste time reading emails first thing in the morning. I think they're full of manure. First of all, a Marketo study found that 58% of people read email first thing in the morning, many reading email before they even eat breakfast. Is it just addiction -- or is there a good reason …
In 2008, Pizza Hut saw its sales drop because of the Great Recession. Competitors were lowering their prices and offering discounts -- and Pizza Hut figured they needed to offer a discount if they wanted to compete with Dominoes Pizza and Papa Johns Pizza for a dwindling market. So in 2009, Pizza Hut began to offer a large cheese pizza with three …
In Part 1 of this article, I gave you some ideas on how to spot a crazymaker client (or student, or business partner, or mastermind group member – whomever you have a close business relationship with). Now that you've got a list of how to spot them, you might be able to avoid getting into a business relationship with a potential crazymaker client. …
